FIFA World Cup 2022: Greatest show on Earth returns

At its best and its worst, the FIFA World Cup is more thrilling than any other event can conjure up. A live performance unequalled in its vigour and trickery, the thralling geometry of its movement a mere foil to the violent earnestness of its combat. From 1930 to 2022, from Pele to Zidane to Mbappe, here's a walk down the lanes of the history of the beautiful game
Published: Oct 13, 2022
2014 biting point

Image by : Daniel Garcia / AFP

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  • FIFA World Cup 2022: Greatest show on Earth returns
  • 1930_France
  • 1930 Argentina
  • Italy team
  • USA team
  • Brazil final spectators
  • 1954 goals record
  • 1954 Stud boot
  • Pele
  • Chile and Italy match
  • 1966 Engalnd Germany match
  • 1966 Jules Rimet Trophy guard
  • 1970 Miracleous save
  • Adidas introduced the Telstar ball
  • 1974 the Uturn
  • 1978 Clive Thomas
  • 1978 heart embrace
  • 1982 Brutality unpunished
  • 1982 Prince Fahad
  • 1982 Paolo Rossi
  • 1986 Argentina
  • 1986 blunder
  • 1990 Hip dance
  • 1994 Brazil team
  • 1994 Escobar
  • 2002 World Cup
  • 2006 Portugal and Netherlands
  • 2006 Zidane
  • 2010 high pitch buzz
  • 2014 biting point
  • 2014 brazil supporters
  • 2018  goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary
  • 2018 Video Assistant Referee
  • 2018 Messi and Ronaldo
  • 2018 France

2014
A biting opponent, literally
The world witnessed Uruguay forward Luis Suarez bite Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a heated match at the 2014 World Cup. It wasn’t the only time though. Uruguay’s all-time leading goalscorer has, on two other occasions, sunk his teeth into opponents in professional matches. This has led many to ask an innocuous query on Quora: Does he have some kind of psychological disorder? In 2014, Suárez released his autobiography, titled Crossing the Line—My Story.